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PAPER BAG. No. 296.117. Patented Apr. 1, 1884.

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:NITED. STATES I GEORGE OnBLOWERS, OF CANAJOHARIE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TOWILLIAMJ. ARKELL, OF SAME PAPER BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,117. dated April 1,1884.

Application filed uly 12, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

.Be it known that I, GEORGE 0. BLOWERS, of Canajo'harie, in the countybf Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Paper Bags;

and I do hereby declare that the following is v afull, clear and exactdescription thereof, ref:

erence being had to the accompanyingdraw v I ings, making part of thisapplication. I0

My invention relates to an improved satchel-bottom paper bag, which willbe hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed outin theclaim of this applications In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aplan view or diagram showing the shape of a paper blank such as I preferto use in the manufacture of myimproved bag, and thelines at which saidblank is to be folded longitudi- Fig. 3 is a side View of acompletedbagslightly distended; and Fig. 4is aperspective view, 1 enlarged-scale, ofthe lower portion onlyof the a bag fully distended.

In the several figures the same part will be found designatedbythesameletter of reference.

i condition seen atlFlg. 2,-and is subsequently p wise at the edgesofthe partially-foldedblank,

Theblank A, from which to makea bag emi i bodying my invention, is ofalength twice that -35 of the bag to be produced therefrom plus thewidth of-the bag-bottom, and of a width nearly equal to twice the widthof one of the broader and plain sides of the intended bag. Said'blankisfirst folded inwardly along the dotted lines a a and a a, Fig. 1,intothe flattened tubular f folded transversely, to form thebellows-like bottom and sides, as will be presently ex plained.

b I) represent lines of paste running lengthd 1 (which paste-lines maybe applied either before or after the folding of the blank into the 1 1condition seen at Fig. 2,) and the dotted lines at Fig. with bellowssides and bellows bottoiiifwhich, when. distended, will present a squareor quadrangular bottom, asbest seen at Fig. 4 by simply folding theblank transvergely on itself at thetransverse lines dotted in at Fig. 2.

Inm'aking the bellows bottomat the lines o d e, the portions B and O arebrought face to face, with their paste lines coinciding, the foldedblank being properly compressed by any suitable means, to keep thefreshly-pasted parts in contact, and to finally flatten or break downthe material along the folds. folding and pasting the blank to completethe bag, the pasted portions of the blank lying between the lines d ande are brought in contact with the paste-lines of part B, from 6 tof, andthe pasted portions'lying between the lines d and c are brought incontact with the pastelines of part 0, from c to g, while the pastedportions of B and G, from the points f and g to the extremities of theblank respectively nearest to said points, are also brought (face toface) together. t

In making the bellows fold to form the bottom of the bag, the order ofmaking the crossfolds may of course be varied without depart- In thusingfrom the spirit of my invention with referonce to the novel productherein described.

The folding over of the sides of the blank along the lines a a and thesubsequent pasting and crossfolding, as described willproduce, it willbe seen, a bag which not only has a bellows bottom, but also withbellows sides, the parts D Dvforming the bellows sides, and

the part h forming the bellows bottom, as seen atFig. 3. p a

The manufacture of bags according to my improvements mayof course becarried on either by hand or machinery, or by both, and from eithersingleblanks or from webs of paper.

A satchel-bottom bag such as I have produced and seek Letters Patent foris very desirable, it will be seen, in that, by reason of its sides andbottom (when in the flattened condition in which all such bags are whenput into the market) being both made with bellows folds, it can be veryeasily and quickly distended for filling by the store-keeper or otheruser, while at the same time the bottom, by reason of its formation .outof the middle portion of the blank, and without any pasted flaps, isseamless, more secure, and opens out in better shape, and is inevery'way more de-' sirable than that of a bag having both bellows--folded sides and bottom, but having the bottom formed by folding andpasting up the stock atone end of a tubular blank.

All matter herein shown and described but claimed in another case filedby me September 14, 1883, is hereby disclaimed in this application.

Having now so fully explained my improved bag and the mode of making thesame that those skilled in the art can practice my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bag having bellows sides, and also a bellows bottom at the middle ofthe blank, all substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day ofJuly, 1883.

GEORGE O. BLOWERS. [L s.]

In presence o f- J Airns ARKELL, J. N. MCINTIRE.

